Adolescent Adam

Volume 7, Chapter 9 - Stay Away

When I, Kurikara Saya, woke up, it was the evening after the cultural festival.

A helicopter had apparently crashed and I was apparently directly below it, so everyone said it was a miracle I only got some scrapes on my legs.

But my mind was cloudy and I couldn’t remember what kind of accident it was.

I kind of remembered a helicopter appearing in front of me, but the picture in my mind was shaped differently from the wreckage I was shown. And I also remembered hearing a really loud noise that didn’t sound like a crash. It was more like gunfire.

Then there was the weird dream I had. A blonde girl of about 5 went around to everyone who was lying on the ground and said, “I will only alter your memories slightly, so worry not. Just go to sleep.” @@novelbin@@

Well, the doctor said that our memories can get confused after an accident, so that’s probably what this was.

At any rate, I had miraculously escaped with no more than some slight wounds to my legs.

But I’m worried about Mutsuki-kun and the others.

Mutsuki-kun and Machi-nyan must have been near the crash. Same with Ange-chan and Lu-kun. They were apparently badly injured and hospitalized.

Their injuries aren’t life threatening, but they won’t be back to school for a while. And they aren’t allowed any visitors.

Hmm, I hope they’re okay. I’m really worried.

…And what do I do? Mutsuki-kun and Machi-nyan were only there because of me. If only I hadn’t invited them to the café.

Oh, no. It’s all my fault.

And it was those four friends who got so badly hurt. Does that mean Ange-chan and Lu-kun where there because of me too?

Uuh, please come back soon, everyone.

I hope they’re okay. Surely they’ll be okay, right? We’ll be able to laugh and hang out together like before, right?

“…”

I hope so.

While I was thinking about all that, the doctor told me I was free to go and my mom came to pick me up.

All the while, I was praying that we could all return our normal lives soon.

But just a few days later, I would learn that that enjoyable time spent with those four would never return.